3 Ways to Stretch the 2026 Social Security COLA For Your Budget Three steps retirees can take to stretch the Social Security COLA to fit their budgets. Kiplinger · Dec 2, 2025
Giving Tuesday Is Just the Start: An Expert Guide to Keeping Your Charitable Giving Momentum Going All Year Instead of treating charity like a year-end rush for tax breaks, consider using smart tools like DAFs and recurring grants for maximum impact all the year. Kiplinger · Dec 2, 2025
Uber Takes Aim at the Bottom Lines of Billboard Personal Injury Lawyers Uber has filed lawsuits and proposed a ballot initiative, in California, to curb settlements it claims are falsely inflated by some personal injury lawyers. Kiplinger · Dec 2, 2025
Dow Slides 427 Points to Open December: Stock Market Today The final month of 2025 begins on a negative note after stocks ended November with a startling rally. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
6 Jimmy Buffett Lyrics Every Retiree Should Live By It's not just Parrotheads who can learn something from the legendary rocker. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
How Are I Bonds Taxed? 8 Common Situations to Know for 2026 Series I U.S. savings bonds are a popular investment, but the federal income tax consequences are anything but straightforward. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
10 Least Tax-Friendly States for Middle-Class Families Here’s what living in one of the least tax-friendly states for middle-class families costs residents. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
10 Cities With the Cheapest Groceries in the US If you live in one of these 10 cities, you're paying less than the rest of the country to keep your fridge stocked. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
A Financial Adviser's Health Journey Shows How the 'Pink Tax' Costs Women Fact: Women pay significantly more for health care over their lifetimes. But there are some things we can do to protect our health and our financial security. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
I'm a Cross-Border Financial Adviser: 5 Things I Wish Americans Knew About Taxes Before Moving to Portugal Moving to Portugal might not be the clean financial break you expect due to U.S. tax obligations, foreign investment risks, lower investment yields and more. Kiplinger · Dec 1, 2025
New 2026 Tax Change Could Mean More for Your IRA and 401(k) Savings Here's how the new IRS inflation adjustments will increase the contribution limits for your 401(k) and IRA in the new year. Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025
Giving Tuesday 2025: 'Every Small Act Makes a Major Difference' GivingTuesday encourages generosity in any form, from donating to charity to helping your neighbors. Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025
What to Make of a Hot IPO Market This year's crop of initial public offerings could be even dicier than usual because of a skew toward tech and crypto. Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025
How to Position Your Portfolio for Lower Interest Rates The Federal Reserve is far from done with its rate-cutting regime. This is how investors can prepare. Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025
Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025 Should You Max Out Your 401(k)? We've Got Answers Conventional wisdom says, 'Contribute the maximum to a traditional 401(k) if you can.' But there are hidden downsides to putting all your eggs in one basket.
Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025 Show of Hands: Who Hates Taxes? The Best Time to Plan for Them Is Right Now By creating a tax plan, you can keep more of what you've earned and give less to Uncle Sam. Here's how you can follow the rules and pay only your fair share.
Kiplinger · Nov 30, 2025 'Smart' Estate Planning Can Cause Huge Problems: An Expert Unravels Popular Myths Sometimes no plan at all could be better than making these unfortunate mistakes. Don't let your best intentions mess things up for your heirs.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 Moves to Manage the Soaring Costs of Owning a Car It's costing more and more to keep a car on the road, but you can drive some costs down. Here's how to get a better deal on insurance premiums, repairs and gas
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 If You'd Put $1,000 Into Coca-Cola Stock 20 Years Ago, Here's What You'd Have Today Even with its reliable dividend growth and generous stock buybacks, Coca-Cola has underperformed the broad market over the long term.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 A JPMorgan Fund Holds Its Own Thanks to a Focus on Quality Despite its defensive characteristics, the JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor holds up in good times and in bad.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 The ‘Common Man’ Rule of Retirement Spending The 'Common Man' rule is for the 'armchair' retiree. It’s a conservative way to live comfortably and leave the rest to heirs.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 What Fed Rate Cuts Mean For Fixed-Income Investors The Fed's rate-cutting campaign has the fixed-income market set for an encore of Q4 2024.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 My First $1 Million: Oil Industry Engineering Manager, 67, Chapel Hill, N.C. Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 Pickleball Injuries are Getting Out of Hand for Some Adults As more older adults take up pickleball, injuries are on the rise. Here's how you can lower your risk and still have a ball.
Kiplinger · Nov 29, 2025 I'm a Financial Literacy Expert: Bubble-Wrapping Our Kids Robbed Them of Resilience. Now What? By raising them to think they're amazing no matter what and lifting them over obstacles, we left them unprepared to work in the real world.